Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Carey, Benjamin V. 1838 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  BENJAMIN V. CAREY, lumber dealer and Adams express agent, Robinson, a member
of the firm of Midkiff & Carey, in the lumber business, was born July 15, 1838,
in Highland County, Ohio. He attended the common schools of his county, and
taught during the year of 1857-58; he served an apprenticeship at carpentering
during his boyhood. In 1855, he came to Meredosia, Morgan Co., Ill. June 1,
1861, he enlisted in the war in Company I, Twenty-fourth Ohio. His command was
first assigned to armies of West Virginia, afterward the Army of the Cumberland.
Was in the following battles: Green Brier, Bowling Green, Fort Donelson, Shiloh,
Stone River, Chickamauga. He was made a prisoner at Athens, Ala. Upon being
shown some open graves he very willingly took the oath of allegiance. Soon after
was discharged. August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and
Twenty-second Illinois Volunteers, and was elected First Lieutenant. His command
was placed on guard of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. The railroad and 300 of his
regiment were captured and paroled on the ground and escorted to the union lines
of Gen. Forrest's army. Was sent to Benton Barracks, where he became disabled
for service and remained on the sick list for some time. When the war closed, he
returned to his home in Macoupin County, Ill., where he followed the saw mill
business. In 1872, he moved to Christian County, Ill., and engaged in
carpentering. In 1876, he removed to Robinson, Ill.; has been in the lumber
business since, except two years spent in Indiana. He was married in Macoupin
County, Ill., October 2, 1862, to Miss Harriet Nixon, by whom he has one son,
Gen. U. S. Carey, born February 2, 1864.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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